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    Government approves 56 additional generals

    The government has approved a new round of mass military promotions, elevating 40 officers to the rank of brigadier general and 16 people to major general status. ...

    Mech Dara
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-approves-56-additional-generals

    NEC backs down on plans for legal action against Facebook critics

    The National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday said it would not pursue immediate legal action against Facebook page owners it accused of spreading “inciting” news about its work, but would take unspecified action if false accusations continued. ...

    Ben Sokhean
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-backs-plans-legal-action-facebook-critics-131534/

    Minimum wage talks to begin in July

    Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng announced yesterday that this year’s round of garment sector minimum wage negotiations would begin in July, with unionists cautiously optimistic that next year’s national elections could benefit their cause despite calls from Sam Heng not to “politicise” the process. ...

    Soth Koemsoeun and Martin de Bourmont
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-talks-begin-july

    Apsara Authority starts razing illegal Angkor park homes

    The government body charged with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park on Monday started tearing down the first of more than 500 homes and shophouses illegally built within the park in the weeks before the June 4 commune elections. ...

    Aun Pheap
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/apsara-authority-starts-razing-illegal-angkor-park-homes-131533/

    NEC rejects election complaints for being filed past deadline

    The country’s national election body says it has rejected more than half of the 61 complaints it received about the June 4 commune elections, most of them requests by the opposition CNRP for recounts in races it narrowly lost, claiming the complainants missed the deadline. ...

    Ben Sokhean
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-rejects-election-complaints-filed-past-deadline-131488/

    US brands object to draft wage, dispute settlement laws

    A group representing some of the largest apparel brands in the U.S., including Gap and Levi Strauss, are urging Prime Minister Hun Sen to reconsider controversial provisions in a pair of draft laws on wages and labor disputes. ...

    Zsombor Peter
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-brands-object-draft-wage-dispute-settlement-laws-131484/

    Man held by Thais linked to senior Cambodian officials

    Cambodian immigration officer Leang Piseth, who is detained in Thailand on suspicion of smuggling weapons, is a relative by marriage of Defence Minister Tea Banh, as well as of recently reassigned Koh Kong Provincial Governor Bun Leut and retired high-ranking Police General Tham Sann, The ...

    Shaun Turton and Mech Dara
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-held-thais-linked-senior-cambodian-officials

    Platform to unify online trading for CSX

    A central online trading platform expected to launch by the end of the year will allow investors to trade securities listed on the local stock market using a desktop computer or smartphone. ...

    Brian Ng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/platform-unify-online-trading-csx

    Hun Sen sets Senate elections for January

    The next Senate elections will be held on January 14, according to a directive issued on Friday and ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who noted earlier this month that his party’s performance at the June 4 commune elections means it will almost definitely win ...

    Mech Dara
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-sets-senate-elections-january

    Manager accused of storing illegal goods

    Anti-economic Crime Police officials on Friday arrested a stock manager working for the Phuong Heng Company in Phnom Penh for his alleged involvement in the storage of illegal goods. ...

    Khouth Sophak Chakrya
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manager-accused-storing-illegal-goods

    Vietnamese timber trader ‘Grandma May’ flees after order to arrest her

    A Vietnamese national reputed to be a prominent illegal timber trader is believed to have fled to her native country after the Oddar Meanchey provincial governor ordered her arrest last week. ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-timber-trader-grandma-may-flees-after-order-arrest-her

    Cambodian-Americans say election results a ‘positive sign for democracy’

    Cambodian-American community activists and analysts have said that the recent local elections that saw the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party win a large share of the vote was a positive development for Cambodian democracy. ...

    Men Kimseng
    https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-americans-say-election-results-a-positive-sign-for-democracy/3906564.html

    Equity fund takes stake in iCare

    A Singapore-based private equity fund manager has acquired a significant minority stake in iCare Benefits (Cambodia) Co Ltd, an employee benefits programme offered to enterprises that operate in the Kingdom. ...

    Kali Kotoski
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/equity-fund-takes-stake-icare

    Domestic workers call for rights protection

    Domestic workers and NGOs yesterday urged the government to ratify a UN convention to protect domestic workers’ rights and freedoms, and to regulate their working conditions. ...

    Soth Koemsoeun
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/domestic-workers-call-rights-protection

    ‘We have to keep moving’: Sokha speaks about Kingdom’s recent election – and the next

    Opposition leader Kem Sokha said in an interview on Saturday that he believed Prime Minister Hun Sen could be compelled to relinquish power if he loses the July 2018 national election and that his party’s task was now to present itself as a group ready ...

    Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/we-have-keep-moving-sokha-speaks-about-kingdoms-recent-election-and-next

    Four new governors named, some controversial figures

    Four officials have been elevated to become governors of three provinces and Phnom Penh, including controversial Deputy Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng, who will take over leadership of the capital from retiring current Governor Pa Socheatvong. ...

    Niem Chheng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-new-governors-named-some-controversial-figures

    Election body urges legal action against its social media critics

    The National Election Committee (NEC) has asked the government to take legal action against two social media users for posting “inciting news” about the June 4 commune elections it claims dishonored the body.According to the statement dated Tuesday, the NEC called on “relevant institutions” to ...

    Ben Sokhean And Ben Paviour
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-body-urges-legal-action-against-its-social-media-critics-131408/

    Hun Sen taunts Sam Rainsy, branding him a coward for not returning home

    Prime Minister Hun Sen used a public speech yesterday to mercilessly mock former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, taunting him to make good on a promise to return to Cambodia, sarcastically referring to him as a “hero” and even singing a few bars of a classic ...

    Meas Sokchea and Alex Willemyns
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-taunts-sam-rainsy-branding-him-coward-not-returning-home

    A roadmap for financial growth

    The government yesterday unveiled its financial sector development strategy for 2016 to 2025, which provides stakeholders with a document to evaluate the last decade of growth while outlining an action plan for the next decade. Chea Serey, director-general of the NBC, said the content of ...

    Hor Kimsay
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/roadmap-financial-growth

    Minister presses KNUP backers on support for Nhek Bun Chhay

    Problems continue to grow for Khmer National United Party President Nhek Bun Chhay in the wake of the prime minister’s decision to terminate his role as a government adviser, with at least two members of his group defecting to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in ...

    Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-presses-knup-backers-support-nhek-bun-chhay

    Relocation land not cleared

    Over 1,000 hectares of agricultural land granted as compensation to more than 300 ethnic Lao families displaced from Sre Kor village in Stung Treng province by the Lower Sesan II dam project have not been cleared for cultivation, threatening the families with a food shortage, ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/relocation-land-not-cleared

    Under pressure, NGO coalition seeks closer ties with government

    An NGO coalition launched a program to collaborate more closely with the government on Wednesday, a week after an Interior Ministry spokesman admitted to threatening several organizations in order to “scare” them ahead of commune elections. CCC executive director Soeung Saran said the problems between ...

    Brendan O’byrne
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/under-pressure-ngo-coalition-seeks-closer-ties-with-government-131362/

    Groups discuss impact of upcoming Laos dam

    A coalition of youth and community groups yesterday held a meeting in Phnom Penh to discuss the controversial Pak Beng dam in Laos, issuing a request for its construction to be halted until after an impact assessment expected from the Mekong River Committee (MRC) is ...

    Soth Koemsoeun
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-discuss-impact-upcoming-laos-dam

    Rainsy exile order lifted, but ex-CNRP leader hints his return is dependent on pardon

    The Council of Ministers yesterday ended the ban on the return of former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, an apparent reaction to the latter’s comments the night before on a radio broadcast vowing to come back if the restrictions were dropped. “The government has decided to ...

    Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-exile-order-lifted-ex-cnrp-leader-hints-his-return-dependent-pardon

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